Moritz Rühlmann

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Christian Moritz Rühlmann (born February 15, 1811 in Dresden , † January 16, 1896 in Hanover ) was a German mathematician, mechanical engineer, professor at the higher trade school in Hanover and one of the founders of mechanical technology .

Life

family

Moritz Rühlmann was the brother of the Dresden musician Adolf Julius Rühlmann (1816–1877) and married Mathilde Grosse . He is the uncle of Richard Rühlmann and the grandfather of Moritz Weber .

Career

After finishing school, Rühlmann attended the technical college in Dresden from 1829 . In 1835 he took a position here as an assistant mathematics teacher, in 1836 he went to the royal trade school in Chemnitz as a full teacher of applied mathematics . In 1837/38 he made several trips a. a. to France, Belgium and Switzerland to gain knowledge about the industry there. He then became a technical advisor in customs and privilege matters in 1838. In 1840 he received his doctorate at the University of Jena and was appointed professor of applied mathematics and mechanical engineering at the higher trade school in Hanover. One of his students there was Franz Frese .

While teaching in Dresden, he began to write specialist books on mechanics and machine science. He is considered to be the founder of the historical school of technology.

In 1846 Rühlmann received the honorary citizenship of the city of Hanover (at the same time as Friedrich Heeren , Karl Karmarsch and Heinrich Kirchweger ). On May 1, 1856, the Landsmannschaft Slesvico-Holsatia, later the Corps Slesvico-Holsatia , awarded him the ribbon. Later he also received the ribbon of the Corps Saxonia Hannover .

On March 19, 1857 Moritz Rühlmann was accepted into the Masonic Lodge Zur Ceder in Hanover under matriculation number 504 .

Rühlmann was also a member of the "Association for the revitalization and promotion of the patriotic industry" and from 1858 to 1877 editor of the association magazine "Mittheilungen des Gewerbe-Verein für den Kingdom Hannover". In 1877 he was appointed a secret government councilor and sent to world and industrial exhibitions by the Kingdom of Hanover . In 1892 Rühlmann became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . He died on January 16, 1896 at the age of 84. In 1898 the Rühlmannstrasse in Hanover's Nordstadt was dedicated to him.

Fonts

  • Technical mechanics and machine theory (1842–44)
  • General mechanical engineering (1862–74)
  • Lectures on the history of technical mechanics and theoretical machine theory (1885) online

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Christian Moritz Rühlmann  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Klaus Mlynek: Rühlmann, Christian Moritz. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , s. literature
  2. ↑ Egbert Ritter von Hoyer: Rühlmann, Moritz (see literature)
  3. ^ Klaus Mlynek: Karmarsch, Karl. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 193; on-line:
  4. ↑ Corps Slesvico-Holsatia, Corpsliste , winter semester 1981/82, p. 14, no. 034b
  5. ^ Siegfried Schildmacher, Winfried Brinkmann, Edzard Bakker, Peter Rosenstein (ed.): Moritz Rühlmann . In Siegfried Schildmacher (Ed.): In the footsteps of the Freemasons - a walk through the streets of Hanover . Self-published, Hannover 2015, p. 115
personal data
SURNAME Rühlmann, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rühlmann, Christian Moritz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanic and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1896
Place of death Hanover